Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pitching"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pitch \Pitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pitched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pitching}.] [See {Pitch}, n.]
1. To cover over or smear with pitch. --Gen. vi. 14.
2. Fig.: To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
The welkin pitched with sullen could. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pitching \Pitch"ing\, n.
1. The act of throwing or casting; a cast; a pitch; as, wild
pitching in baseball.
2. The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of
stone. --Mayhew.
3. (Hydraul. Eng.) A facing of stone laid upon a bank to
prevent wear by tides or currents.
{Pitching piece} (Carp.), the horizontal timber supporting
the floor of a platform of a stairway, and against which
the stringpieces of the sloping parts are supported.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pitching
n 1: playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team
2: abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other
conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"
[syn: {lurch}, {pitch}]
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